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Bobbie[_18_] · 16-04-2011, 04:05 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 16/04/2011 15:57, Janet wrote:
In article0cf8c7aa-7ad3-491b-b893-5b80cb224741
@a11g2000pro.googlegroups.com, says...

On Apr 16, 1:16 pm, wrote:
wrote in news:c669daa2-9cb3-4a2d-ab20-
:

On Apr 15, 9:19 pm, wrote:
Should one use dozens of canes or is there a simple and cheap way to do
this?

Alan

If they are in a greenhouse you need dangling strings. Wind the string
round the plant as it grows. Obviously you need a substantial place
to attach the strings to.
Outdoors you need canes or grow bush varieties.

I have used dangling strings outside next to my fence and on the wall ever
since I started gardening a few years ago. It works perfectly and you can
adjust them very easily.
You can use this method for runner beans too, but early in the season the
string has to be anchored to floor/soil to enable the beans to grab the
string and start climbing. At the end of the season throw the lot on the
compost heap, the string will rot too. Not of course synthetics, it has to
be degradable string(very easy to obtain)

If you have open ground and want to use this method please tell me. I have
an answer, a bit long winded and pricey (£15ish)but will pay for its self
over and over.

Baz

In the US they use tomato cages, Google tomato cages in Images for
ideas.

You can improvise a US-style outdoor tomato cage with lengths of
rylock stock fence tied into a circle with a ziptie.

Janet

Which is exactly what we use here, and it works a treat.
In fact we tend to use Rylock stock fencing for a lot of things.
Bobbie